One of my favourite movies growing up. It is one of the best uses of kid logic I’ve ever seen. It’s not a baseball movie. It’s a movie about kids in the early 60s who play baseball. I love how early on, we think we know what “the beast” looks like, but when we see him for real, later on, he’s quite different. He’s just a big mastiff. Unless they’ve been abused, they’re big teddy bears. My Girl is another great film from this era, early 90s, this time set in the early 70s, and it’s highly underrated as well. It’s Macaulay Culkin’s best role IMHO. It’s another movie that captures childhood so well.
It's probably a better summer-themed successor to _A Christmas Story_ than the actual sequel to the latter movie Bob Clark directed, in that regard, and most regards.
Mac was definitely one of the coolest kids ever in the history of cinema. His character in the Home Alone movies was epic. Seriously as a kid I was the real Kevin McCallister, Junior Healy and Dennis Mitchell. No joke the pranks and trouble I did was completely jaw-dropping.
Samantha, I honestly love this format where you get to have hubby watch a movie you remember! Great classic movie and great reaction! This is going to be so fun for you guys to show you daughter when she gets older
That was my neighborhood growing up in the 60's. We lived in a new development a few miles out of town and had enough guys to make a team and play guys in town. We played ball anytime the sun was out, which was a lot. This movie brings back some great childhood memories for me.
I loved watching this movie as kid over my grandparents. The music, the guys have just the best fun and of course the ever gorgeous Marley Shelton. Also the black and white footage of The Beast as a giant killer dog with dead white eyes gave me such insane nightmares.
Sad part is kids doing things like this is a thing of the past. I remember roaming around all over our neighborhood and woods surrounding it heading out as soon as I got home from school and not coming home till it was close to dark. Friends were either playing football, paintball in the woods, hide N seek/tag or doing juvenile delinquent stuff (did you know just a basic firecracker breaks a toilet?) Now days kids all look at their screen and barely know how to socialize. They make the main kid look like a social butterfly LOL
You guys only mentioned it in passing, but congratulations on the baby!!! Did I miss a video where you announced it? That's such wonderful news. This one, it's great for the dialogue more than the plot, which I tend to think gets stupid, once the Babe Ruth ball goes over the fence, but a good 2/3rds of it is hella entertaining. The last 3rd, with all the gadget stuff, you're killing me, Smalls... ;-) Congratulations again!
I lived on an Air Force Base from age 10-13 and my house was right across from a baseball field. I spent every summer with friends playing almost every day. I can totally relate to this movie. I miss those days like a desert misses rain.
This movie WAS my childhood haha. There was a group of 6 of us and We would all skate to the park after school and play baseball. For hours. 3pm till sunset. We all loved this movie. Every day even on the weekends we usually wound finish chores by noon and eventually link up and go play. On Sundays after church we were all there no matter what. Eventually we all went separate ways only 4 of us are still alive today sadly. We’re all in our 30’s now and we try to get together once a year to catch up
The actor playing Smalls' stepdad, Denis Leary, played Edgar Friendly in Demolition Man. Besides playing Marion in Indiana Jones, Karen Allen was also in Animal House. Another baseball movie featuring James Earl Jones I recommend watching is Field of Dreams
I hope you someday get around to watching the MIghty Ducks movies. I feel like they go hand in hand with this one. So weird seeing Dennis Leary so young, I didn't even remember him being in this at all. Benny was like, the best kid in the world. I always wondered if they based it off a real person or story. There was apparently a real player named the same though. This movie was 100% a product of its time. It's so weird watching it now. The things that seem out of place now, didn't back then. I must've watched it 1000 times as a kid.
Awesome movie I can relate to to this movie growing up in Maywood California .. getting in trouble at the pool or playing in our very own lot.fool .. well it wasn't ours but we played in it.. definitely this movie takes me back to my child hood. Great friends that lots of of our still talk to each other..
Nice reaction. I love this movie. It was uncanny how my childhood mirrored the kids in this movie. My summers were spent the exact same way. Small town living. Baseball in the park with friends, the local public pool swimming, after dinner playing night baseball. We even had a rival group of kids from the upper half of the street who went to the different school who we played baseball, basketball, and football against. We rode our bikes all over town, including to our local park for the 4th of July fireworks. I makes me feel nostalgic to a different time than kids have it today. Playing outside was everything.
I just remember when Ronnie James Dio died. A lot of us were saying "heroes get remembered but legends never die." At it was from Sandlot. Dio was awesome.
This was in my 90s daycare VHS rotation and I always loved it, it had enough of the weight and gravitas of the coming of age phase to mean something but is light-hearted and strikes a great tone of being totally enveloped in the way a child's brain works, how much of a fantasy the beast is, how much the narrator lends weight to the trials and tribulations of kids; I felt so seen by this movie growing up, if not in a specific way like "I am Smalls" but in a general way because the people who made this really understood kids of the age range so well that it resonates with anyone who's ever been a kid!
Hey Daniel and Sam, I faced a dog like that. ------ He was big as a horse and teeth like a shark. -------- Scalps of the kids he ate were hung on the fence of his yard. ------- Talk about a terror of the mind. -------- He should be locked up FOREVER and EVER and EVER!!
Great reaction! Great choice, it's one of the best films ever! I hope you get to watch The Monster Squad too, that's kinda the same vibe but Halloween and in modern times. "You're killin me SMALLS!"
I remember when Ronnie James Dio went to the other world to battle evil and I said from this movie Heroes get remembered but legends never die and people kept saying it. Dio was awesome.
Let me tell you something kid, everybody gets once chance to do something great. Most people never take the chance , either because they’re too scared, or they don’t recognize it when it spits on their shoes.
Never seen it either, as usual American Sports films get little play in my country but I think if I'd seen it as a kid (if it'd come out 7 years earlier) I'd have loved it.
If you guys want to check out another great Karen Allen film in which she gets plenty of screen time I'd recommend "Starman" (1984). It was directed by John Carpenter and co-stars Jeff Bridges in one of his most iconic roles.
So Hank Aaron actually beat Babe Ruth’s record for Career Home Runs. I think the at the time the movie takes place, he hadn’t done it yet. But eventually he would beat the record.
This is without a doubt my favorite movie of all time, It will always be my number 1. Its right up top with my other favorites such as Goofy Movie and Shawshank Redemption.
I guess, all of the kids are still friends to this day. They were working on a TV show that takes place like 30 years after the movie with all of the original actors involved... Unfortunately, it looks like Covid killed that idea. :(
Your reaction fun hit it out of the park, awesome family film. Sandlot 2 picks up about a decade later, not as good as the original but it brings some girls on to the field so may be fun when your daughter gets older.
Wow, is that what's this from? ..I thought it was from Zac Snyders "300" ..damn, all those naked chiseled men, body's rippling in slo-mo on the silver screen...
The truly special thing about this film is even when it first came out, even though I was only a child, it made me feel nostalgic for a time I’d never even lived in. It made me feel appreciative of having the ability to just go outside and play, and to appreciate the fact that I had no responsibilities yet; no mortgage, nobody relying on me, just being able to go out and do things I love. This film makes you feel nostalgia for a time you may never even have experienced, the same way the Smashing Pumpkins song “1979” does. It transcends its own era, and makes you step back and look at the big picture, no matter your age.
Great movies like great books will do that. They speak to everyone even if they are from a different time or different part of the world. Phenomenal stories will always tie us all together. All we have to do is love them and have a deep appreciation of them.
@@morbidangel2424actually no, they’re not… They are far off from the Sandlot. Maybe Rookie of the Year, but definitely not Angels in the Outfield that is a completely forgotten movie
My mom and I watched this when I was around 6/yo. I loved it so much. As a disabled kid, the idea of making friends and playing baseball was the ultimate dream. I lived vicariously through the movie.
I loved hearing both of your stories and it just proves the power of film to inspire you guys to reach out for more of life. Hopefully by sharing your stories other people can read this and take inspiration from you both. God bless you and thank you both for being kind enough to share what this movie means to you.
@@vincecommando7575 leave God out of it. As far as I'm concerned, it's your God that got me into this mess. I'd have preferred to have been aborted, but you religious nuts and humanists just have to try and save everyone.
Benny "The Jet" Rodriguez was so cool to me. Fun fact: He plays Luis Mendoza in D2: The Mighty Ducks. Reuniting with Brandon Quintin Adams who plays Jesse Hall. Brandon plays Kenny in this film.
"FOREVER, FOREVER" I grew up on this film just like so many others and till this day my friends and I still qoute the film. I'm glad Daniel is watching this!
Hell I'm 51 years old and I love this movie. When I ended up having children I Definitely had them watch this movie too. We use to watch it at least once a year
You should still try to make a point to do that once a year with your kids. I always try to watch certain movies with my kids a couple times a year as a way to get us all together. Sometimes you get that look from them. "God not this movie again". But hopefully when they get older they will love those memories. Who knows, they might be the same way with their kids. Some traditions should never fade away.
Yeah the 90's definitely a phenomenal time to be a kid and see so many kids in epic stories. Most of us could even see ourselves in those characters. So of us still do see ourselves in those characters the way we were back then.
I grew up with those movies , now i showed them to my daughters ,just last month we watched all 3 mighty ducks movies , watched the big green and few months ago we watched this one and little giants ,
My favorite aspect of this movie as an adult, is the work that Benny puts in. 100% dedication to what he loves and what it takes to reach the pinnacle.
YOOOO THIS IS MY CHILDHOOD MOVIE RIGHT HERE LMAO P.S. love the intro swap between the both of yall, it made for a good laugh and was refreshing 😂 P.S.S. the reason Babe Ruth taking the Hank Aaron card was shown in the film was because Hank Aaron was the man who would eventually brake Babe Ruth’s all time home run record of 714 home runs by hitting 715 in 1972 and of course nobody would know such a thing in 1962 haha
I really gotta say and I know I mentioned it before;you two are becoming excellent film critics and it very much sets you apart from a lot of reactors who are really just going with there reflexes and what their immediate response was. You guys deserve a lot of a credit as a throwback to when we had a handful of actually entertaining film critics who built there own following and really knew what they were talking about
Is not even about knowing what you're talking about, but having an opinion and having an actual discussion afterwards. They say more than, 'it's good. I liked it. See you next week!' I remember when they started out, she didn't talk much and I wasn't sure I'd keep watching. But the more comfortable they got, the more I enjoyed the channel.
Sandlot is the stuff of legends. We all had that yard like that. Game balls enter and they never leave. -------- Our field was a soccer field and we played soccer every weekend for about a decade. --------- Memories of a life time.
I grew up in the late 70s and early 80s, when kids went outside to play and parents had a hard time getting them back in the house lol Grew up in am apartment complex amd we had kids come and go amd played baseball in a small lot at in the complex. Was small and sometimes only had 4 on 4 teams. Since the lot was small we had to make up our own rules amd like this movie we didn't have extra balls so we had to make sure to keep the safe. Hit a foil ball in the woods to the right was an automatic out. Hit the side of the apartment building in center field was a home run, but land on the roof you were out becuase the ball would often get stuck on the roof and gone forever, amd other homemade rules. Waa great times
Great reaction! Seeing Denis Leary in this as the step dad reminds me that you guys should react to "THE REF" this month! It's such a hidden gem of a Christmas Movie! So f**kin' funny!
My favorite movie "speech" in history is James Earl Jones talking about baseball in Field of Dreams. The second I saw him in this, I immediately put it in my top 10. Also always wondered of he's a baseball fan.
The whole concept of the Beast was funny because they were shown it from the kid's perspective. The dog was bigger than it was even though Hercules was a bull mastiff Which are pretty big dogs, but they over exaggerated how big they were. That's what made it so funny
And the rumors the kids believed, they probably heard their parents gossipping about the introverted neighbor so they make up lies about him just because they're bored and too lazy to actually get to know him. It's Boo Radley all over again. A person who doesn't like to socialize much and spends most of their time indoors is ALWAYS ostracized as the "creep" or weirdo. And Jesus warned against judging on mere appearances too. Sad that nobody listened.
This movie is T I M E L E S S ! No matter front to back or catching it after it's already started, or watching clips of it on YT, it's always smilecity. Such a fun movie, and you two sharing your watch of it together was extra fun on top. Thanks for sharing the good times 😆 Edit: SAM! _F O R - E - VER!_ One of the most quotable movies ever. My friends and I still drop Sandlot lines and everybody knows them.
A childhood staple of mine (and many others). Even today, whenever I see The Sandlot playing, even if it's the dead of winter, I feel for at least a moment like it's summer again.
Believe it or not, this movie is actually inspired by a real-life childhood experience of the director and narrator, David Mickey Evans. When he was a kid, his little brother, Scott, tried to play baseball with a group of bigger boys down the block, but they refused since he was little. But when the boys struck the ball over a brick wall, Scott thought he could win them over by getting it back for them. However, when he climbed over the wall, retrieved the ball, and tried to run back to the wall, he got bit badly in the thigh by a huge German Shepherd/Doberman mix dog named "Hercules". And even after that, the boys still refused to let Scott play with them.
As someone who is 30 and grew up playing baseball my whole life this movie was everything. I’m just lucky enough to grow up at a time that kids actually understood this movie.
Love this movie. It reminds me of when I was a kid, and I'd go and play at my childhood friend Billie's house. We would play catch a lot and sometimes play baseball in his back yard. We were best friends, and even though we had a falling out in middle school, I always remember those good times when I had a best friend, a best friend who once told me he wished I was his brother.
